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Burnt Cake
I quietly sit and wait
until someone moves my plate.
By then, it's much too late
and nothing will escape
the destruction I create
because I am now awake.
Sorry, but you can't close my gate.
My wrath you cannot sedate.
I'm not picky about what I take.
But, this promise I do make,
I always give back a rebate.
It's best if you leave in great haste,
because next it's you that I'll taste!
What am I?
until someone moves my plate.
By then, it's much too late
and nothing will escape
the destruction I create
because I am now awake.
Sorry, but you can't close my gate.
My wrath you cannot sedate.
I'm not picky about what I take.
But, this promise I do make,
I always give back a rebate.
It's best if you leave in great haste,
because next it's you that I'll taste!
What am I?
Hint
With me, you wouldn't want to try to bake a cake.Answer
A VolcanoPlate referred to above is geological theory wherein the earth is divided into a small number of "plates" which fit on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs here.
Thus, in the teaser when someone moves my plate (referring to natural causes i.e. Mother Nature) the movement or shift of that "plate" can cause seismic activity which can awaken a dormant volcano by allowing built up pressure in the form of steam and molten or hot rock to explode through vents opened when "plates" shifted or moved.
The "rebate" is the land mass created as the molten rock (lava) travels and then cools. It is believed that portions of the Islands of Hawaii were created in such a manner.
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